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Patent GB-190322216-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Laying Electric Conductors.
Inventor: TANNER ALBERT EDGARD
Filed: 1903-10-15
Granted: 1904-10-06
Abstract: 22,216. Tanner, A. E., and Claremont, E. A. Oct. 15. Conduits; insulation.-Bridge-pieces for use in conduits are made of asphalt, pitch, or other bituminous matter, used either alone or in combination and with or without sand, limestone, or the like, and the cable is laid on these. On pouring the molten pitch or other insulating-material into the conduit, the bridge-pieces fuse on the outside, and then set, thus producing an unbroken insulating- material for preventing water from creeping round the bridge-pieces.
Patent GB-190322916-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Lamp Chimneys.
Inventor: GRICE GEOGE
Filed: 1903-10-23
Granted: 1904-08-25
Abstract: 22,916. Grice, G., and Dewey, H. Oct. 23. Incandescent gas lamps; chimneys.- To protect incandescent mantles, if the chimney should be broken, a spiral 2 of wire normally of slightly-greater diameter than the chimney is coiled within it, being kept from slipping down by a bent piece 3 which hooks over the edge of the chimney.
Patent GB-190322998-A (GB)
Title: Strainers for Cooking Utensils and other Vessels
Inventor: BURTON WALTER HAYDN
Filed: 1903-10-23
Granted: 1903-11-26
Abstract: 22,998. Burton, W. H. Oct. 23. Saucepans &c.-Relates to strainers which may be temporarily or permanently attached to saucepans, cooking-pots, and like utensils. Fig. 1 shows a strainer a for use with a cylindrical pot c having an outer beading or flange round its rim c' ; the strainer consists of a perforated plate provided with a handle b, and with a segmental flange a' shaped to fit the rim c', a hinged catch d on the unflanged portion of the plate snapping over the rim c<1> and holding the strainer in position. When the rim of the vessel is internally beaded or flanged, the strainer is provided on the underside with two or more pieces, which pass through notches in the beaded rim and engage under the rim when the strainer is turned through a small angle. When the cooking-utensil is barrel-shaped and has a plain rim, the strainer a, Fig. 2, is made elliptical, its smaller axis being less than, and its larger axis greater than, the internal diameter of the rim of the vessel c, so that, when the vessel is inverted, the strainer remains in position. The strainer is preferably slightly dished and made with a beaded edge ; its handle b is provided with extensions b<1>, which project outwards and upwards so as to rest on the rim of the vessel and retain the strainer in position. Fig. 6 shows a strainer a with a segmental flange a', and having two handles b, b<1>. The handle b is fixed at its ends to the disc a, while the handle b<1> is elastic and fixed only at one end to the disc, its other end passing under a guide-piece e on the disc and being bent over so as to engage under the rim c<1> of the vessel. On seizing the two handles b, b<1> and pressing them together, the handle b<1> is slightly flattened and its bent end disengaged from the rim c<1>, allowing the strainer to be removed from the vessel. Or the segmental flange a' may be dispensed with, and both ends of the handle b<1> work in guides fixed on the strainer and carry books at the ends for engagement with the rim of the vessel.
Patent GB-190328571-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Decanting Fluids into Specially Prepared Receptacles, without Exposing the same to the Risk of Contamination.
Inventor: MAYNARD EDWIN
Filed: 1903-12-29
Granted: 1904-11-10
Abstract: 28,571. Maynard, E. Dec. 29. Bottling bottles, jars, and like vessels.-Liquids, such as serum, milk, and other medical, surgical, or dietetic preparations, are decanted into special receptacles without exposure to risk of contamination. The glass tube A is constricted at b, and terminates in a bulb c. A metallic breaker m, having a collar at o, is fitted between the rubber washer g and the rubber sleeve k, and kept in position by the metal thimble j. The fluid operated on flows from the vessel l<11> into the bulb c, while a sterile liquid flows from the vessel into the space w, rises to the level a, and overflows through the capillary tube s in the rubber washer r, thus rendering the outer face of the washer sterile. A receptacle t, of the form shown, after having been exhausted and sealed off, is pushed into the position shown, through a pinhole in the sleeve k, and its sealed end is broken by the curved part n of the breaker m. The nicking of the tube with a knife or file assists in this operation. The receptacle then fills, and is withdrawn and sealed off. Its contents may be tested by closing off a piece of the capillary tube with a blowpipe. The necks of the bottles &c. are closed with cottonwool g or the like. A modification, made of metal throughout, is described, in which the sterile chamber w is omitted.
Patent GB-190404273-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Portable Children's Carriages.
Inventor: SIMPSON DAVID
Filed: 1904-02-20
Granted: 1904-12-15
Abstract: 4273. Simpson, D., and Simpson, J. J. Feb. 20. Perambulators and like vehicles.-In a folding child's carriage, the body, which consists of a seat 9 and a back 10 hinged at 11, is suspended elastically in the ordinary cross-framing by means of spiral springs 13 and straps 14 so as to prevent shocks from being communicated to the occupant. Armrests 16 are provided, being hinged to the part 1 of the frame at 15, and having a hooked plate 17, which engages with a pin 19 on the other part 2 of the frame. A foot-rest 8 is also provided. The springs 13 are hung from a cross-rail 12. When in the folded position, another hooked plate on the arm-rest 16 engages with another pin 20.
Patent GB-190408201-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Petroleum Burners for Lamps and other Purposes.
Inventor: READ JOHN CHARLES CRAMPIN
Filed: 1904-04-09
Granted: 1905-02-23
Abstract: 8201. Read, J. C. C. April 9. Incandescent &c. oil lamps.-An argand burner is rendered suitable for either incandescent or ordinary lighting by the use of a flame spreader, of which the form or arrangement may be varied. The flame spreader is preferably formed of two perforated parts g, h, which are arranged as shown in Fig. 1 for producing a blue or heating flame, or as shown in Fig. 12 for producing an ordinary illuminating-flame, the complete spreader being supported upon either a pin i or a tube i by a tube k attached to either of the parts g, h. For producing an ordinary illuminating - flame, the flame spreader is supplemented by a perforated cylinder n, Fig. 12, or a perforated cone n<1>, Fig. 18, for checking the central draught, and the cone n<1> may also be employed in connection with the production of a blue or heating flame. The part g may be secured directly to the pin i, and, when producing an ordinary illuminating-flame, the part. h may be dispensed with. Lighting oil lamps, raising galleries for.-The ignition of the wick is facilitated by forming the parts a, a<1> of the burner body with telescopic connections a<2>, a<3> secured by a bayonet fastening o, p, which permits of the part a being raised while the match or igniting-device is inserted through the usual openings q.
Patent GB-190416580-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Gears or Driving Mechanisms for Indicators, Recorders and the like.
Inventor: WILLE LOUIS
Filed: 1904-07-27
Granted: 1904-12-15
Abstract: 16,580. Wille, L. July 27. Indicating output of machines.-The times of duration of a variable driving-power at various strengths are registered. In starting the register, the lever c is turned by the driving-mechanism in the direction of the arrow. As soon as the arm d of the lever c leaves the balance b, it winds up the driving-spring by means of a small spring pawl which gears with the toothed ring h of the spring barrel a. This sets in motion the main index arbor f, which gears by a toothed pinion g with the toothed ring h of the spring barrel a. The times of duration of successive operating strengths are registered as the arm i of the winding-up lever c presses the outer end of the levers k<1>, k<2>, k<3>, k<4> and causes their ends to rise and bring fixed toothed discs m<1> into contact with the toothed pinions n<1>, n<2>, n<3>, n<4>, respectively. These pinions are loosely mounted, engage with the toothed ring h, and normally revolve with it without carrying with them the indices on the auxiliary indicators. When in contact with the pinions, the friction discs m<1> set in motion their respective index arbors, on which they are longitudinally displaceably mounted. As the lever c moves back, the friction discs drop by their own weight, or are assisted by a spring o, away from the rotating pinions, the clockwork stopping as soon as the arm d bears against the balance b.
Patent GB-190418431-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Sun Burners
Inventor: SUGG WILLIAM THOMAS
Filed: 1904-08-25
Granted: 1905-07-13
Abstract: 18,431. Sugg, W. T. Aug. 25. Air, drawing-off, methods of; shafts; combined with lamps and burners for lighting, gas.- An outer shaft G concentric with the flue C, communicating with it below the counterbalanced valves F, serves for the ventilation of a room. A small burner H, with a tube I to supply outside air to it, is placed inside the flue C to prevent downdraught even though the valves F fail to act.
Patent GB-190419048-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Saucepan.
Inventor: PETERS CARL FRIEDRICH SIMON
Filed: 1904-09-03
Granted: 1904-10-06
Abstract: 19,048. Peters, C. F. S. Sept. 3. Saucepans.-A saucepan consists of an inner vessel a, Fig. 1, with a perforated bottom d, and an outer vessel b to contain the boiling liquid. The vessel a is provided with apertures f at the top to allow of the liquid boiling over. For further steaming or keeping the food warm, the vessel a is placed on the ring or strainer e, Fig. 2, suspended in the vessel b.
Patent GB-190425411-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Packing and Shipping Cases for Bottles
Inventor: PENROSE HALLACK ABBEY
Filed: 1904-11-22
Granted: 1904-12-22
Abstract: 25,411. Penrose, H. A. Nov. 22. Boxes for bottles.-A packing-case for bottles consists of a cylindrical box in which are placed a number of racks, having bases 5, 6 to receive the bottoms of the bottles, and narrower pieces 9 to receive the necks. The racks are arranged with their bases against the curved interior surface of the box and parallel to its axis, and short central cylindrical projections from the bottom of the box and from the lid hold them tightly in place, the depth of the box being preferably equal to the length of of the racks. The whole is made of wood or other suitable material. In Fig. 2, the base of the rack is shown divided into two parts 5, 6 along the centre line of the cylindrical recesses 12, and the part 6 is hinged, to allow of the insertion of the bottles. Braces 13 may be provided to strengthen the rack. In a modification, the base is in one piece and the neck-support 9 is divided, one part being fixed and the other attached to sidepieces hinged to the base. In another form, both the base and neck-support are fixed, and the bottles are inserted through holes in the base, which replace the recesses 12. A hinged strip is then folded over the bottoms of the bottles. In this case, the end-pieces 7 are replaced by side-pieces 13. The hinged parts of the various forms are provided with hooks and staples or other suitable fastenings.
Patent GB-190427082-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Electrical Counting Apparatus more especially Applicable for Use in connection with Ships' Logs.
Inventor: CRAWFORD TYSON
Filed: 1904-12-12
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 27,082. Crawford, T. Dec. 12. Counting-apparatus.-In an electrical counter for general use, but specially applicable to ships' logs, a snap movement of all the index hands is obtained by electromagnetic actuation of the lowest, and by spring-pawl arrangements for transferring. The hinged cover, Fig. 1, has a circular aperture through which are seen the fixed dials for tenth - knots, tens, and hundreds, the hands being mounted on the spindles e,f, g. Fig. 3 shows an electromagnet which is energized by any make-andbreak device to attract a spring- controlled pivoted armature d<4> having a pawl d<8> driving the rachet-wheel upon the main spindle e. A screw stop regulates the throw, and a tooth d<4**> on the lower end of the armature prevents overthrow of the wheel. The motion is transferred to the higher spindles by means of pins e<3>, f<3> displacing pivoted arms or bell-crank levers against their controlling-springs and then suddenly releasing them, so that on the return movement the pushing or pulling pawls h<4>, i<5> which they carry may drive the ratchet-wheels. The construction allows of zeroizing by turning the individual spindles manually.
Patent GB-190428836-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Automatically Operating the Whistles of Locomotives.
Inventor: FISHER ORR CLEVELAND
Filed: 1904-12-30
Granted: 1905-01-19
Abstract: 28,836. Fisher, O. C. Jan. 18, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Whistle signals; contacts, mechanical. - The whistle of a locomotive is operated by a lever which makes mechanical contact with a rail laid alongside one of the track rails. Alongside the track rail 10 is placed the rail 12, the length of which regulates the duration of the whistle. To the cross-beam 13 of the locomotive is connected a U-shaped hanger 14, and between its ends is pivoted the lever 16 on the pin 17. This lever consists of a broad bar, the rear end of which is given a right-angle twist so as to lie flat on the rail 12. By contact with this rail 12, the other end of the lever 16 is depressed and the whistle is sounded by means of the cord 18, one end of which is attached to the depressed end of the lever and the other end, after passing over a pulley in the cab, is led to the whistle. The whistle may be operated manually in the cab. The cross-bar 25 serves to limit the downward movement of the lever in the absence of a rail 12. The guide 24, formed integrally with the snowplough 27, extends downwards at the sides of the rail 12 and serves to remove from this rail any material that may have fallen against it.
Patent GB-190429479-A (GB)
Title: Method of Distilling and Separating Unequally Volatile Elements contained in a Complex Mixture, particularly in a Mixture of Hydrocarbons, such for Example as Naphtha, Crude Petroleum, Different Kinds of Tar, or the like.
Inventor: BAUDRY ALBERT
Filed: 1904-12-31
Granted: 1905-08-31
Abstract: 29,479. Baudry, A. Dec. 31. Fractional distillation, apparatus for.-An apparatus for fractional distillation is arranged so that the separate fractions are collected simultaneously by means of pipes attached at the various stages of the rectifying-columns. The hydrocarbon, spirit, tar, or other liquid under treatment, entering by a pipe 1, undergoes a preliminary heating in the condenser C and the tank P, into which the residual liquor from the fire-heated still M flows. The liquid passes by the pipe 2<1> to the top of the column A, down which it runs, meeting the vapours from the still, and then is fed by the pipe 3 to the still. The still is provided with rotating discs whereon the liquid is exposed in thin films, and with a pipe 4, whereby superheated vapour is admitted. The vapour thus generated passes away by a pipe 5 and rises through and undergoes successive partial condensation in the columns A, B, the condenser C, the column D, and the condenser C'. The condensates obtained are returned for further fractionation by means of pipes, such as 16, 11. Testing-apparatus O, O<1>, &c. and refrigerators R, R', &c. are provided for the reception of the various fractions. The pipe 18 may be made to communicate with a barometric condenser so that the operation may be conducted under reduced pressure.
Patent GB-190505631-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stands or Supports for Bicycles and the like.
Inventor: TINDALL ARTHUR SUTCLIFFE
Filed: 1905-03-17
Granted: 1905-11-23
Abstract: 5631. Tindall, A. S. March 17. Stands.-For supporting bicycles &c. with a wheel raised from the ground, bars a, b, a<1>, b<1>, hinged together, are connected by hinged arms c, d, c<1>, d', so that, when opened out as shown, the stand receives the ends of the wheel spindle in the openings g, g' of the bars a, a' and is secured in position by stops m, m<1>, and by the ends p engaging the spindle, the arms being held by loose collars f, f<1>, or by pins or screws inserted through slots or holes in the arms. In lieu of the stops m, m<1>, hinged arms may be used to connect the bars a, band a<1>, b<1>, respectively. The Provisional Specification states that instead of additional hinged parts being employed, an extension or foot may be formed on each of the side parts of the stand.
Patent GB-190506678-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pneumatic Tyres for Vehicles.
Inventor: DREW HERBERT JAMES
Filed: 1905-03-29
Granted: 1906-01-04
Abstract: 6678. Drew, H. J. March 29. Tyres, pneumatic.-Relates to a ribbed rubber tread for pneumatic vehicle tyres, the object being to prevent side-slip and punctures. The tyre cover a, Fig. 1, is preferably flattened somewhat and fitted with a metallic band b, upon which is placed a canvas foundation c carrying a rubber rib d of semicircular cross-section. The parts are secured by rivets e, and a metal band f in the cover a takes the strain of the rivets. A canvas lining g is also provided to prevent injury to the air tube. Fig. 3 shows a modified form in which the rivets e are passed through two ribs d, the heads being disposed in staggered recesses k. The rubber tread is preferably vulcanized, the recesses k may be filled in with solution, and the canvas foundation c may be a composite material of layers of canvas and vulcanized rubber.
Patent GB-190507296-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Saddles.
Inventor: VIGIER ADOLPHE
Filed: 1905-04-06
Granted: 1906-01-18
Abstract: 7296. Vigier, A. April 8,1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Tacks.-The head of the tack r is adapted to take the edge of the flap of a riding saddle to prevent it from rising.
Patent GB-190512940-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Turbines.
Inventor: GOLDSBOROUGH RICHARD HENRY
Filed: 1905-06-22
Granted: 1906-06-21
Abstract: 12,940. Goldsborough, R. H. June 22 Stuffing-boxes, substitutes f o r.-In turbines, leakage between the rotor and casing is pre vented by rings 53 of relatively soft material, such as aluminium or copper, placed in grooves 52 in the casing. The clearance can thus be made very small, as distortion of the rotor only brings it into o contact with these soft rings.
Patent GB-190514907-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Combined Egg Testing and Advertising Apparatus.
Inventor: WALKER MARTHA
Filed: 1905-07-20
Granted: 1906-07-20
Abstract: 14,907. Walker, M. July 20. Displaying; advertising.-A device for enabling the character of eggs to be seen while displaying them in shops and the like, and suitable also as an advertising-medium,consists of a casing carrying a perforated tray 4 for the eggs, and provided at its preferably sloping top with a hinged mirror 7 which reflects light from a source 14 on to the eggs. The illuminated eggs are viewed in a second mirror 8, arranged beneath the tray, through an opening 9 in the casing. [Reference has been directed uuder Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 464, A.D. 1868, and No. 18,575, A.D. 1903, [Abridgment Class Cooking &c.].]
Patent GB-190515229-A (GB)
Title: Ready-made Button-holes.
Inventor: RUDOLF EMMA
Filed: 1905-07-25
Granted: 1905-12-07
Abstract: 15,229. Rudolf, E. July 25. Button-hole strips.-Strips of material are provided with series of machine or hand-made buttonholes and may be attached to garments or other articles requiring button-holes. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 7124, A.D. 1894, and No. 22,383, A.D. 1900.]
Patent GB-190518582-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture and Production of Pyrimidine Derivatives
Inventor: NEWTON HENRY EDWARD
Filed: 1905-09-14
Granted: 1906-06-28
Abstract: 18,582. Cooper, E. H., (executor of Newton, H. E.), [Farbenfabriken vorm. F. Bayer & Co.]. Sept. 14. Barbituric acids. - 2-Thio-4-imino-5-dialkyl-6- oxypyrimidines are heated with acids to produce dialkylbarbituric acids by simultaneous replacement of the sulphur and the 4-imino group by oxygen. In examples, the saponification of the dimethyl, diethyl, dipropyl, and methylethyl derivatives is described.
Patent GB-190519382-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Gauges and Valves and the like where in Case of Accident Fluid Pressure is Required to be Cut Off Automatically.
Inventor: DAWBER THOMAS
Filed: 1905-09-25
Granted: 1906-09-20
Abstract: 19,382. Dawber, T., and Thompson, J. Sept. 25. Water-level indicators.-The gauge cocks of a boiler water gauge are constucted so as to close with the rush of fluid in the event of the glass breaking. The plug d, formed with an axial passage e and radial passage g, is, together with its spindle and handle, capable of sliding in the casing. One end l is slightly larger in area than the opposite end, and by means of a passage f this end is subjected to the pressure in the gauge glass. The other end of the plug is subjected to the boiler pressure. The plug is preferably provided with a scraper n, so that the rotation of the plug prevents the furring-up of the passage through the casing. On the gauge-glass breaking, the plug slides to the right and the passage g moves out of register, the escape of steam being thereby prevented. The lower cock is provided with an additional radial passage g<1> for connexion with a pet cock h. The passages g, g<1> extend round the periphery of the plug in such a proportion that the boiler may be put into communication with the gauge glass or the pet cock h, or the gauge glass with the pet cock.
Patent GB-190609110-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Dams
Inventor: CAMAGNI FRANCESCO
Filed: 1906-04-17
Granted: 1906-06-07
Abstract: 9110. Camagni, F. April 17. Dams.-A dam, horizontally pivoted above highwater mark, is made adjustable by providing it with a water vessel a b c, and sometimes with a balancing-weight 8, Fig: 2, or 19, Fig. 3. Water enters through holes 5 and runs out as the vessel tips. The devices shown in Figs. 2 and 3 are used to keep the level constant at the maximum height. The mouth S of the flexible pipe 9 is kept at a constant level through the medium of a drum 6 which rotates as the dam rises, and at the same time the rope 17 coils upon a drum 15, made conical to compensate for the increase of the moment of the weight of the dam about the pivot 2.
Patent GB-190613924-A (GB)
Title: A Process for Recording Acoustic Vibrations.
Inventor: HOCHSTETTER MAX
Filed: 1906-06-18
Granted: 1906-12-06
Abstract: 13,924. Nochstetter, M. June 18. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Phonographs &c.-Sound vibrations are caused to fall upon a microphone M in series with a battery B and electro-magnet E, thus causing fluctuations in the magnetism of the latter. The poles N, S of the electromagnet are bored and carry a tube through which passes a beam of light from a source L, the beam being adapted to pass through a lens J and fall upon a sensitive band B<a> wound on drums R', R'. In the path of the beam of light, two Nicol's prisms P<1>, P<2> are interposed, so that normally the beam is extinguished after entering the prism P'. The fluctuations in the field of the electro-magnet however cause the beam to brighten and to leave a varying impression upon the moving sensitive band B<a>. Such an impression is shown in Fig. 2. A piece of Faraday's lead glass, an extremely thin transparent sheet of iron, or a vessel filled with carbon disulphide may be inserted in the tube to increase the fluctuations of light.